abstract_textpIn 1995 the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) implemented a new areawide pest management initiative. This program, targeted at key pests across the United States, has resulted in renewed discussion of the pros and cons of this integrated-pest-management-related control tactic. This introduction to an areawide pest management symposium presented at the 1997 Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting provides information on the development of areawide pest management as we know it today. Additionally, a comparison of areawide management to conventional pest control strategies, as well as examples of historic and current programs are presented./p/abstract_text
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